Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear the Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citizens?

We need a new kind of citizenship, so that we can see citizens as themselves earning the rank of patriot because of their involvement in their community affairs....We as a society need to be encouraging people to focus not just on individual wants but on serving the larger community.

The Democratic Party has lost much of it credibility with working class and low-income people. It retards progress toward presenting a genuine alternative.